The Nigerian Police have dropped charges against Audu Maikori, Chocolate City boss. Recall that Audu Maikori was arrested and detained last week after his tweets about the alleged killing of five students in Kaduna by Fulani herdsmen.
LIB reports that the charges were dropped after police investigations showed that he was not guilty.
According to Audu Maikori’s counsel Mark Jacob: “It is important that Nigerians begin to give due credit to the Nigerian police for the thankless work they do. The case that was brought against my client was duly investigated by the Nigerian Police and when they found out from the driver’s confession that he was simply trying to defraud his employer, they promptly dropped the charges levelled against Audu.”
“Audu’s arrest, detention and subsequent release show me as a legal practitioner and a Nigerian citizen that there is hope for the country if we all continue to stick to democratic ideals. It is important that we do not allow justice to be hijacked by individuals who have it in their interest to abuse citizens who carry out their constitutional rights to free speech” he revealed.
Audu issued an apology after it was discovered that the tale was told by his driver to swindle him.